Results
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"Final Points Standing" 1961 Grand National Standings |
| NUMBER | DRIVER | STARTS | WINS | POINTS |
| 01 | Ned Jarrett | 46 | 1 | 27272 |
| 02 | Rex White | 47 | 7 | 26442 |
| 03 | Emanuel Zervokis | 38 | 2 | 22312 |
| 04 | Joe Weatherly | 25 | 9 | 17894 |
| 05 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | 2 | 17600 |
| 06 | Junior Johnson | 41 | 7 | 17178 |
| 07 | Jack Smith | 25 | 2 | 15186 |
| 08 | Richard Petty | 42 | 2 | 14984 |
| 09 | Jim Paschal | 23 | 2 | 13922 |
| 10 | Buck Baker | 42 | 1 | 13746 |
| 11 | Jimmy Pardue | 44 | 0 | 13408 |
| 12 | Johnny Allen | 22 | 0 | 13114 |
| 13 | David Pearson | 19 | 3 | 13088 |
| 14 | Bob Welborn | 14 | 0 | 12570 |
| 15 | Herman Beam | 41 | 0 | 11382 |
| 16 | Nelson Stacy | 15 | 1 | 10436 |
| 17 | Ralph Earnhardt | 8 | 0 | 10182 |
| 18 | Marvin Panch | 9 | 1 | 9392 |
| 19 | Fred Lorenzen | 15 | 3 | 9316 |
| 20 | G. C. Spencer | 31 | 0 | 9128 |
| 21 | Curtis Crider | 41 | 0 | 8414 |
| 22 | Cotton Owens | 17 | 4 | 8032 |
| 23 | Tiny Lund | 10 | 0 | 7740 |
| 24 | Bobby Johns | 14 | 0 | 7590 |
| 25 | L. D. Austin | 20 | 0 | 7306 |
| 26 | Tommy Irwin | 26 | 0 | 7300 |
| 27 | Doug Yates | 32 | 0 | 5878 |
| 28 | Paul Lewis | 21 | 0 | 5712 |
| 29 | Bob Barren | 31 | 0 | 5412 |
| 30 | Elmo Langley | 15 | 0 | 5376 |
| 31 | Banjo Matthews | 14 | 0 | 4924 |
| 32 | Wendell Scott | 23 | 0 | 4726 |
| 33 | Jim Reed | 8 | 0 | 4705 |
| 34 | Fred Harb | 27 | 0 | 4526 |
| 35 | Darel Deringer | 7 | 0 | 4416 |
| 36 | Bob Burdick | 5 | 1 | 4382 |
| 37 | Lee Reitzel | 17 | 0 | 4380 |
| 38 | Tom Pistone | 4 | 0 | 3766 |
| 39 | Buddy Baker | 14 | 0 | 3668 |
| 40 | Roscoe Thompson | 6 | 0 | 3602 |
| 41 | Woodie Wilson | 5 | 0 | 3580 |
| 42 | Larry Frank | 8 | 0 | 3162 |
| 43 | Larry Thomas | 14 | 0 | 3140 |
| 44 | Harry Leake | 15 | 0 | 3092 |
| 45 | Paul Goldsmith | 2 | 0 | 2930 |
| 46 | Joe Lee Johnson | 9 | 0 | 2700 |
| 47 | Bill Morgan | 5 | 0 | 2430 |
| 48 | Theodore Hunt | 7 | 0 | 2430 |
| 49 | Marvin Porter | 8 | 0 | 2326 |
| 50 | Joe Eubanks | 2 | 0 | 2320 |